1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.
Group I
Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1997.[1]
Draw
| Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round | Second Round | |||||||||||||||
 Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||
| Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Morocco | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Finland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Romania | ||||||||||||||||||
| Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Romania | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | Finland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Croatia | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Norway | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Israel | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norway | Israel | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Spain | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | ||||||||||||||||||
Group II
Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1997.[2]
Participating nations
Draw
| Relegation Play-offs | First Round | Second Round | Third Round | |||||||||||||||
| Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (ind. carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Slovenia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | |||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 5 | Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Accra, Ghana (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Malta | 0 |  Ghana | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Malta | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cairo, Egypt (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Egypt | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | |||||||||||||||||
 Macedonia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | 2 | Egypt | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Latvia | 3 |  Ivory Coast | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Warsaw, Poland (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Poland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poznań, Poland (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | w/o | Poland | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Luxembourg | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belarus | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Budva, Yugoslavia (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Slovakia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet) | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 5 | Slovakia | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Algiers, Algeria (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Algeria | 0 |  Portugal | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Algeria | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Group III
Winners in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1997. In a move to a four-tier system from 1997, the bottom teams were re-assigned to the new Group IV. All other teams remained in Group III.
Participating nations
Zone A
Draw
Group A
 LTU |
 SEN |
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} ETH |
 AZE |
 ISL |
 SUD |
RR W–L |
Match W–L |
Set W–L |
Standings | ||
| Lithuania |
3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 18–0 (100%) | 36–3 (92%) | 1 | ||
| Senegal |
0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 13–5 (72%) | 28–13 (68%) | 2 | ||
| San Marino |
0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 13–5 (72%) | 27–12 (69%) | 3 | ||
| Ethiopia |
0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 8–10 (44%) | 18–23 (44%) | 4 | ||
| Azerbaijan |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–14 (22%) | 12–30 (29%) | 5 | ||
| Iceland |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 5–13 (28%) | 13–26 (33%) | 6 | ||
| Sudan |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 2–16 (11%) | 6–33 (15%) | 7 |
Group B
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} GEO |
 TUR |
 ARM |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} BIH |
 LIE |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} TUN |
 BEN |
RR W–L |
Match W–L |
Set W–L |
Standings | ||
| Georgia |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 13–5 (72%) | 28–11 (72%) | 1 | ||
| Turkey |
1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 14–4 (78%) | 28–9 (76%) | 2 | ||
| Armenia |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 12–6 (67%) | 27–16 (63%) | 3 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 10–8 (56%) | 22–20 (52%) | 4 | ||
| Liechtenstein |
1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 7–11 (39%) | 16–24 (40%) | 5 | ||
| Tunisia |
1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 4–14 (22%) | 13–30 (30%) | 6 | ||
| Benin |
0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 3–15 (17%) | 7–31 (18%) | 7 |
- Lithuania and Georgia promoted to Group II in 1997.
- Azerbaijan, Iceland, Sudan, Liechtenstein, Tunisia and Benin assigned to Group IV in 1997.
Zone B
Draw
- Venue: Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
- Date: 8–14 January
Group A
 IRL |
 CMR |
 EST |
 MDA |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} CYP |
 ZAM |
 DJI |
RR W–L |
Match W–L |
Set W–L |
Standings | ||
| Ireland |
2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 17–1 (94%) | 32–4 (89%) | 1 | ||
| Cameroon |
1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 13–5 (72%) | 26–12 (68%) | 2 | ||
| Estonia |
0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 12–6 (67%) | 25–15 (63%) | 3 | ||
| Moldova |
0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 9–9 (50%) | 21–19 (53%) | 4 | ||
| Cyprus |
0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 8–10 (44%) | 19–18 (51%) | 5 | ||
| Zambia |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–14 (22%) | 9–28 (24%) | 6 | ||
| Djibouti |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 6–0 | 0–18 (0%) | 0–36 (0%) | 7 |
Group B
 GRE |
 BUL |
 MON |
 KEN |
 BOT |
 TOG |
 CGO |
RR W–L |
Match W–L |
Set W–L |
Standings | ||
| Greece |
3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 16–2 (89%) | 33–7 (83%) | 1 | ||
| Bulgaria |
0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 15–3 (83%) | 30–10 (75%) | 2 | ||
| Monaco |
2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 13–5 (72%) | 27–14 (66%) | 3 | ||
| Kenya |
0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 10–8 (56%) | 25–18 (58%) | 4 | ||
| Botswana |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 6–12 (33%) | 14–25 (36%) | 5 | ||
| Togo |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 3–15 (17%) | 10–29 (26%) | 6 | ||
| Congo |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–18 (0%) | 0–36 (0%) | 7 |
References
- "1996 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- "1996 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.